Improvement in pipe-tongs



UNITED VS'rn'rEs PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE SELDEN, -OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PIPE-TONGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,291, dated September 28, 1875; application iiled July 24, 1875.

CASE A.

4To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known .that I, GEORGE SELDEN, of the city of Erie, State of Pennsylvania, have invented' an lmprovelnent in Pipe-Tongs, of which the following is a specification:

My invention has for its object the construction of adjustable pipetongs at once simple, stron g, durable, and effective. To this end the invention consists of. the following parts: The hooked-jaw lever A, with the shank Af, of any desired shape, and with alug, a, for the reception of a thumb'screw, E 5 the sleeve C, an end view of which is shown in Figure 3, provided With a lug, c, and fulcrum-pin D, and also an opening, C', which corresponds in shape with that of shank A' of lever A. The sleeve C slides on the shank Al of lever A, and may be made in one piece, or it may GEO. SELDEN.

Witnesses:

JNO. H. BLISS, JN0. W. LiTTLE. 

